Spot crypto ETFs shed $70.7M as Ether outflows top Solana’s weekly inflows
By 8bitcrypto
September 20, 2026
U.S. spot crypto exchange-traded products recorded about $70.7 million in combined net outflows during the September 14–18 trading week, according to Farside Investors data summarized by CryptoFinanceWire on September 19. Ether funds drove the red ink with roughly $140.6 million in net withdrawals, while Solana ETFs took in $60.7 million, Bitcoin products finished near flat with a $6.1 million weekly inflow, and Hyperliquid ETFs added $3.1 million. Across all four categories, the Ether outflow alone exceeded the combined Bitcoin, Solana, and Hyperliquid weekly inflows. Ape Index reads the split as a bid-currency weather report for NFT desks that still settle in ETH, SOL, and stables—especially while International NFT Day calendars keep collectors watching the same wallets.
Bitcoin ETFs almost blew the week after midweek redemptions, then clawed back. The group took $159.9 million on Monday, lost $450.4 million on Tuesday and $295.9 million on Wednesday—about $746.3 million combined across those two redemption days—then returned $159.5 million Thursday and $433 million Friday, the largest daily Bitcoin ETF inflow of the week. BlackRock’s IBIT led weekly rankings with $120.6 million net, while Fidelity’s FBTC added $79.9 million after a $310.7 million Friday haul. Offsets included $141.9 million out of ARK 21Shares’ ARKB and $62.3 million from Grayscale’s GBTC, plus smaller weekly losses from Bitwise’s BITB and VanEck’s HODL. Morgan Stanley’s MSBT and Franklin Templeton’s EZBC were among the smaller weekly gainers on the Bitcoin sleeve.
Ether was the weakest of the four Farside categories. Spot Ether ETFs attracted $121.1 million Monday but lost $142 million, $224.1 million, and $39.3 million across Tuesday through Thursday before a $143.7 million Friday rebound that still left the week down about $140.6 million. BlackRock’s ETHA posted a $56.1 million weekly outflow despite $114.3 million Friday; Fidelity’s FETH lost $25.9 million and Bitwise’s ETHW shed $33.1 million. Grayscale’s ETHE posted $31.4 million in withdrawals. The three-session midweek bleed alone was about $405.4 million, and Friday’s bounce covered only part of that hole.
Solana funds were the strongest tracked category at $60.7 million net for the week, with positive sessions Monday through Wednesday, a flat Thursday, and $47.6 million Friday. Bitwise’s BSOL generated $58.7 million—nearly 97% of the category’s weekly intake—while Grayscale’s GSOL contributed a net $2 million after a Monday inflow was partly offset midweek. Hyperliquid products finished $3.1 million positive after a Tuesday BHYP outflow flipped into midweek and Friday gains across BHYP, HYPG, and THYP, a smaller but still green alt sleeve beside the Solana bid.
Macro backdrop for the same week included the Federal Reserve’s 25 basis-point hike to a 3.75%–4.00% target range—its first increase in more than three years in the CryptoFinanceWire framing—and Bitcoin’s later reclaim of $80,000, which lined up with Friday’s Bitcoin and Ether ETF inflows. 8bitcrypto already logged the Friday daily Bitcoin/Solana/Ether inflow print separately; today’s story is the full-week divergence—Ether still net-negative while Solana kept filling—rather than a rehash of that single session.
For NFT collectors, the tape matters as settlement weather. Soft weekly Ether ETF demand can tighten ETH float that marketplace bids and mint gas still lean on, while Solana ETF inflows reinforce the same bid currency many Courtyard, Magic Eden, and Robinhood Chain desks already watch. Attribute the weekly totals, fund-level leaders, and Fed framing to the Farside-based CryptoFinanceWire wrap; do not invent NFT floor moves or marketplace volume changes that were not published with these flows.
How to read the next print without getting farmed: wait for the next Farside daily tables before calling a multi-week Ether ETF trend, and skip Telegram screenshots that paste fake “ETF approved NFT airdrop” links after every flow headline. The September 14–18 scoreboard is a documented divergence—$70.7 million combined outflows, Ether down $140.6 million, Solana up $60.7 million, Bitcoin barely green—useful for Ape Index desks tracking where institutional cash sat while collectors marked ERC-721 anniversary calendars.
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